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Marika Qvist, CEO (right), represents Sahlgrenska I.C. in the Swedish pavilion at Arab Health 2013

January 28-31, Sahlgrenska I.C. participates in the Swedish pavilion at the Arab Health Exhibition in Dubai. The pavilion is hosted by Business Sweden under the cooperative brand of Symbiocare. Arab Health hosts approximately 3 500 exhibitors and about 83 000 visitors during four days. The exhibition is a great opportunity to establish and maintain relations in the Middle East market.

Jenny Lundgren, coordinator (middle) and Marika Qvist, CEO (right), represents Sahlgrenska I.C. during a visit to Indian Spinal Injuries Centre in New Delhi

The Swedish delegation trip to India has come to an end.  Sahlgrenska I.C. look forward to take part in future cooperations between the State Government of Andra Pradesh and Region Västra Götaland, that may come as a result of the Letter of Intent signed by the two. The delegation  also performed a number of meetings and study visits at both public and private hospitals and institutions, such as K.C. General Hospital, Nizam’s and Narayana Hrudulaya in Bangalore, Apollo, Quintiles and Kamineni Hospital in Hyderabad as well as Indian Spinal Injuries Centre and Fortis in New Delhi.

The discussions have been very informative and fruitful thanks to the contribution of a great number of interesting, generous and openminded people from the healthcare sector in India.

Alongside Sahlgrenska I.C. and Region Västra Götaland, the Swedish Embassy in New Delhi, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and Swecare also participates in the Swedish delegation trip to India. The governmental Memorandum of Understanding between Sweden and India from 2009 has been followed up by a regional agreement, with the signing of a Letter of Intent between Region Västra Götaland and the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The aim is to facilitate and strengthen the opportunities for collaboration between different stakeholders within these regions. Swecare, who represents the interest of the private sector during this trip to Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore, has posted more information and pictures on their blog (in Swedish).

Region Västra Götaland represented by Sahlgrenska International Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothia Forum, Business Region Göteborg and the Unit for International Coordination is on a delegation visit to India focusing on collaboration within life science. During the trip to India, the Region Västra Götaland delegation will visit the Regional governments of Karnataka, Andra Pradesh and Delhi with the aim to discuss and evaluate opportunities for future collaboration, business and exchange.

On October 10, Sahlgrenska I.C. received a large delegation from Turkey representing the Health Tourism Business Council in association with the Turkish Ministry of Economy. The council is operating under the umbrella of Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey.

The main aim of the visit was to present our organizations and to discuss collaboration in the healthcare sector and possible cooperation opportunities between our countries’ health communities. The organization Skåne Care from Region Skåne was invited and participated in the meeting.

One week has passed since the world’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplant was performed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. It was a result of research financed by and carried out at the University of Gothenburg, who has also published a video about the research project. The worldwide media coverage of this event has been massive.

In Sweden alone between 2 000 and 3 000 women of childbearing age cannot have children because they lack a uterus. For more information about the project and the results for patients and doctors involved so far, please visit BBC (in English) or CNN (Arabic), both of which have been reporting during the week, as well as the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Organ transplants is one of three Centers of Excellence that Sahlgrenska I.C. and Sahlgrenska University Hospital has decided to highlight on an international market. Visit Our Cooperations for more information.

Sahlgrenska I.C. can now offer one position each within the following areas:

• Anaesthesiology and Intensive care

• Internal Medicine

• Rheumatology

Please visit How to apply for more information.

Dr. Rickard Brånemark, director of the Centre of Orthopedic Osseointegration (COO) at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, has been announced associate professor in Orthopaedic surgery at the Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University.

Click here to read about the benefits of using osseointegrated prostheses and here to read more and watch an interview (in Swedish) with Dr. Brånemark regarding the nomination.

Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg is the only Swedish hospital with the ability to treat delayed gastric emptying, Gastroparesis, with a so-called gastric pacemaker. Hans Abrahamsson, professor in gastroenterology at Sahlgrenska performed the first treatment with a gastric pacemaker in 1995 and electrical stimulation of the stomach has proved to be a very efficient way to treat diabetics with issues such as chronic vomiting and nausea.

Today on the last day of the lectures at the 56th NOF Congress in Tallinn, Kerstin Caine-Winterberger, occupational therapist at Sahlgrenska University Hospital gave a lecture entitled Rehabilitation and Outcome after osseointegration on the upper limbs by Kerstin Caine-Winterberger, Rickard Brånemark and Stewe Jönsson.